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title: "Approval periods"
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Approval periods are a useful tool for reporting on individual and team effort and for ensuring more complete data on time spent working. This is done by creating a schedule for submitting worklogs, with reminders sent to team members who have not completed their entries. Additionally, as an administrator, you can also configure time periods to include approvals, where Managers can sign off on worklogs submitted by their team, or follow up with individual members on their submissions. Combined together, these features - schedules, reminders, and approvals - help keep your team accountable for thorough and complete worklogs. With better data at hand, reporting and planning future efforts become more effective!

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## Turn on Time approval

Creating and activating an approval schedule is separate from activating approvals. You need to activate Time approval so that Managers can review and approve submitted worklogs. Use the **Time approval** toggle to turn approvals on and off (Figures 1 and 2, above).